Sharpened newly received reground Nimravus, that was a full scale work. Started with 500 grit Beston whetstone, moved to 700 grit Bester, followed up with 1200 grit King whetstone, then my new 3000-5000 grit synthetic Aoto, followed by 5000 grit Naniwa and finished with 10000 grit Naniwa finishing synthetic whetstone. Touch-ups on the Watanabe Kuro-Uchi Sakekiri, Shigefusa Kitaeji Moroshi Deba, Watanabe Pro Miroshi Deba, Watanabe Kuro-Uchi Nakiri and Sanetsu ZDP-189 Gyuto. Now for the leather strops, 0.5 mic, 0.25mic and plain leather. Busy day...
Friday, October 30, 2009 18:46:41
Actually they arrived yesterday, but I was working long hours and then forgot to check the box. Saw them this morning. Man! Talk about high performance package. Numero uno - the custom CPM 3V steel utility knife which is 62HRC, 1.25mm thick and cuts probably better than a razor. Second is the Benchmade Nimravus, 154CM steel rehardened by Phil to 62HRC and he also did the regrind job, flat grind. I have not used either one yet, but it is clear both will be superb light cutters, if the 154CM steel can hold up at 62HRC.
Friday, October 30, 2009 11:38:57
Added several new types, fixed descriptions and kanji for the existing ones. Working on the new photos and new types. That is sent emails to couple Japanese makers, waiting for their response.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 17:51:42
Fixed origin data for many steels. Updated and corrected alloying element properties and their effects on the steel. 276 records total.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 12:16:52
just got Shun Chukabocho, honesuki and Henckel Miyabi knives for sharpening. All three have pretty messed up edges, chukabocho apparently was used as a meat cleaver, the other two are slightly better, but really messed up anyway. Microscope pix and sharpening this weekend.
Monday, October 26, 2009 17:08:41
Enter is processed by graph form to execute submit action. Unfortunately the bug in JS code intercepted Enter key event even if the user typed new URL in the address bar and thus prevented the user from going to another page. All ok. now. If you type the new address in URL bar it will work as it's supposed to. Inside the graph Enter is still handled properly and executes new form generation request.
Monday, October 26, 2009 12:42:00
Today's additions are: Uddeholm Chipper, S590, S790, K890, Dorrenberg-Edelstahl PMD M4, PMD23, PMD30, PMD60 and Carpenter Technology Corporation's - Carpenter M42, variation on M42 theme so to speak. I think I'll start combining records for the identical AISI steels and specify ranges manufacturers allow. Doesn't make much sense to have few records for A2 or S7...
Sunday, October 25, 2009 20:52:13
Improved event handling and overall code size on knife steel database table. IE still sucks, their javascript engine to be precise. Dunno what else can I do to make it faster. Shrunk JS code size 50%. Given the table data size that's not gonna affect overall page loading times by significant margin, but still an improvement never the less.
Saturday, October 24, 2009 17:39:14
From now, by default steel comparison graph will only show elements or element groups that have at least one non zero value in them. In other words, for a single steel scenario only non zero elements are shown, i.e. what this alloy actually contains, and for multiple steel comparison cases element will be shown in the graph only if at least one steel in the selection group contains it. You still can force the graph to display only certain elements regardless their content in the ally by selecting the desired set of the chemical elements in the graph settings dialog, which is invoked by clicking the More button.
Saturday, October 24, 2009 14:17:13
Today's additions were: CSN 17042, X105CrC0Mo18-2, X40Cr13, X55CrMo14, AN-58, and more interesting Ravne23 PM steel and Ravne30 PM steel. Fixed data for most of the CSN steels. The source I used initially apparently listed average values instead of the value ranges.
Friday, October 23, 2009 21:39:52